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package org.apache.oro.text.regex;
/**
* The Substitution interface provides a means for you to control how
* a substitution is performed when using the
* {@link Util#substitute Util.substitute} method. Two standard
* implementations are provided,
* {@link StringSubstitution} and {@link Perl5Substitution}. To
* achieve custom control over the behavior of substitutions, you can
* create your own implementations. A common use for customization is
* to make a substitution a function of a match.
*
* @version @version@
* @since 1.1
* @see Util
* @see Util#substitute
* @see StringSubstitution
* @see Perl5Substitution
*/
public interface Substitution {
/**
* Appends the substitution to a buffer containing the original input
* with substitutions applied for the pattern matches found so far.
* For maximum flexibility, the original input as well as the
* PatternMatcher and Pattern used to find the match are included as
* arguments. However, you will almost never find a need to use those
* arguments when creating your own Substitution implementations.
*
* For performance reasons, rather than provide a getSubstitution method
* that returns a String used by Util.substitute, we have opted to pass
* a StringBuffer argument from Util.substitute to which the Substitution
* must append data. The contract that an appendSubstitution
* implementation must abide by is that the appendBuffer may only be
* appended to. appendSubstitution() may not alter the appendBuffer in
* any way other than appending to it.
*
* This method is invoked by Util.substitute every time it finds a match.
* After finding a match, Util.substitute appends to the appendBuffer
* all of the original input occuring between the end of the last match
* and the beginning of the current match. Then it invokes
* appendSubstitution(), passing the appendBuffer, current match, and
* other information as arguments. The substitutionCount keeps track
* of how many substitutions have been performed so far by an invocation
* of Util.substitute. Its value starts at 1 when the first substitution
* is found and appendSubstitution is invoked for the first time. It
* will NEVER be zero or a negative value.
*
* @param appendBuffer The buffer containing the new string resulting
* from performing substitutions on the original input.
* @param match The current match causing a substitution to be made.
* @param substitutionCount The number of substitutions that have been
* performed so far by Util.substitute.
* @param originalInput The original input upon which the substitutions are
* being performed. The Substitution must treat this parameter as read only.
* @param matcher The PatternMatcher used to find the current match.
* @param pattern The Pattern used to find the current match.
*/
public void appendSubstitution(StringBuffer appendBuffer, MatchResult match,
int substitutionCount,
PatternMatcherInput originalInput,
PatternMatcher matcher, Pattern pattern);
}